r/WA_hunting • u/emtkid • Nov 12 '24

First Buck

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I’ve hunted on the pheasant release sites on the west side as well as some Turkey and Duck. But got invited to deer camp this year! It’s really discouraging as a hunter in WA sometimes but not for me this year (low exceptions going forward but I’ll still be out there putting the miles in every year)

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u/Living_Plague Nov 12 '24

What distance? Bullet/load? Don’t see many taken with iron sights anymore. Congratulations!

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u/emtkid Nov 12 '24

80 yards in the timber, S&B 8mm Mauser 196gr SPCE. He was basically looking straight at me but turned slightly so I had a neck shot. Got him right through his spinal Column. All the neck meat was still ok.

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u/Living_Plague Nov 12 '24

Nice. Did the bullet exit or stay inside? Did you recover it?

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u/emtkid Dec 01 '24

Through and through, it was through his spinal column between vertebrae. Besides a “small” 8mm hole there was really not a lot of crazy damage even on the exit side. Bullet is sitting somewhere up on the mountain still sadly.